News and events
Learn about recent IHRA activities and upcoming events.
27 Nov 2024
Time to read: 6 mins
Teaching and Learning about the Genocide of the Roma – a step towards cultivating authentic empathy for Roma lives
For Mirjam Karoly, education about the genocide of the Roma is necessary for building just and inclusive societies. The IHRA Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Persecution and Genocide of the Roma during the Nazi Era are a step towards cultivating authentic empathy for Roma lives.
27 Apr 2022
Time to read: 4 mins
Call for applications: Centering Youth Activist Voices in Atrocity Prevention
The Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation (GIJTR) is issuing a call for applications from highly motivated youth activists from youth-led organizations to participate in the twelve-month Centering Youth Activist Voices in Atrocity Prevention project.
22 Apr 2022
Time to read: 1 min
Seminar investigates the Holocaust and suffering in art and culture
Educational seminars entitled “Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and Suffering: Past in the Present” encourages educationally-sound techniques in the teaching of the Holocaust and works against the distortion of this history in a variety of fields, including in schools and universities, the cultural sector, and the media.
25 Mar 2022
Time to read: 1 min
Slovakia commemorates the beginning of deportations of Slovak Jews to concentration camps
The Slovak Parliament adopted today, 25 March 2022, a resolution condemning the tragic events of Slovak Jewish deportations to Auschwitz, expressing their regret, and apologizing to the Jewish community for the actions of the former wartime Slovak State.
01 Mar 2022
Time to read: 4 mins
Sweden takes over IHRA Presidency from Greece
Today, Sweden assumes the Presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) from Greece.
01 Mar 2022
Swedish Presidency 2022
All speeches and statements by the Swedish Presidency of the IHRA in 2022 can be found here.
08 Feb 2022
Time to read: 3 mins
Bulgaria commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day
On 27 January 2022, Bulgaria marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in a commemoration ceremony held in Aula Magna of Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, the oldest and biggest university in the country.
07 Feb 2022
Time to read: 2 mins
Estonia unveils memorial for Holocaust victims in Tallinn
On 27 January 2022 a memorial was unveiled at the Liiva Cemetery in Tallinn in memory of Estonian Jews who were murdered in an anti-tank trench in the city.
27 Jan 2022
Time to read: 2 mins
UK to make all its Holocaust records accessible for research and study
To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the UK government is to make all its records related to the Holocaust available to the public for research and study purposes.
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